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3 hours ago, Flacco Machado said:

Jim and Dan Duquette.

Mets and Orioles.

Kris and Anna Benson.

Goodness, the ties are endless.

If you look back at the last 15 years, the O's and Mets have also regularly shared a bevy of pretty below average bench players/bullpen arms. It's uncanny.

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1 hour ago, foxfield said:

I would agree that most of the tea leaves signaled DD had won the power struggle...And yet today there are two articles, one saying Buck should be kept and built around, the other that the Mets are open to DD.

 

Actions speak louder than speculations of Sports Writers.

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3 hours ago, Big O said:

Don't forget Bonilla and those strung out payments.

Somehow the Orioles avoided this black eye and the Mets look like fools on every Bobby Bonilla day.  

https://www.google.com/amp/s/fansided.com/2018/07/01/bobby-bonilla-day-mets-best-agent/amp/

The Baltimore Orioles also owe Bonilla a portion of the deferred money. The Orioles acquired Bonilla toward the end of his first Mets’ contract, a five-year, $29 million deal signed in December of 1991. Per Rovell, the two teams split a $12.5 million payment to come over 25 installments starting in 2004. So Bonilla has received 14 payments worth $7 million as of right now, with the remaining $5.5 million due through 2028.

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2 minutes ago, foxfield said:

Yes but soon that action will require the naming of a GM and a manager.  

The fact that they traded Gausman and Schoop is am action that indicates to me they have bought into Dan's plan. If they hadn't they might have considered those two as assets for a future GM's consideration.

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Just now, El Gordo said:

The fact that they traded Gausman and Schoop is am action that indicates to me they have bought into Dan's plan. If they hadn't they might have considered those two as assets for a future GM's consideration.

Logically, practically and fanatically, I think you are correct and I am very excited about it...but Im still nervous that its not and the waiting is well...not easy.

What's next!?

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